Gerry Adams insists he is innocent of involvement in Jean McConville murder

Speaking to Irish broadcaster RTE before his arrest in connection with the
1972 murder of Jean McConville, Mr Adams said he was "innocent of any
part" in the crime

8:58AM BST 01 May 2014

Gerry Adams said he was "innocent, totally" of involvement in the killing of Jean McConville, after he was arrested by police in Northern Ireland in connection with the murder.

Mrs McConville, who the IRA claimed was an informer, was abducted from her home in west Belfast in 1972, beaten and then shot in the back of the head. Her body was finally discovered on a beach in County Louth in 2003.

"I'm going voluntarily to speak to the PSNI [Police Service of Northern Ireland] because there has been a lengthy, malicious campaign against me. I will tell the PSNI that I am innocent, totally, of any part in the abduction, the killing or the burial of Jean McConville", Mr Adams told Irish broadcaster RTE.